Why only PFI? Ban RSS too, says Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh

Congress MP from Kerala on Wednesday compared the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS with the Popular Front of India and demanded a similar ban on it for perpetuating Hindu communalismThe remarks by Lok Sabha MP Kodikunnil Suresh came in the wake of the ban by the central government issued through a notification late on Tuesday on Popular Front of India and its affiliates for having terror linksWe demand a ban on RSS as well The ban on PFI is not the remedy as RSS is also spreading Hindu communalism throughout the country K Suresh saidSo both the RSS and PFI are equal The government should ban both Why only PFI RSS is also doing the majority communalism he saidK Suresh further added that the communalism of both the majority as well as minority is dangerousWherever majority communalism is there then minority communalism is also coming up So ultimately both majority and minority communalism is dangerous It is dangerous for the country So the government should ban both Otherwise no result the Congress Lok Sabha chief whip addedAlso Read RSS should have been banned before PFI Lalu PrasadEarlier senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh while denouncing the violence perpetrated by the Popular Front of India PFI in Kerala lashed out at the RSS and VHP as well calling them ek hi thali ke chatte batte while also demanding action against all those who spread hatred and violenceThe Ministry of Home Affairs MHA on Tuesday night made the announcement through a notification declaring the PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts as an unlawful association with immediate effectAlongwith PFI a ban was also imposed on its fronts including Rehab India Foundation RIF Campus Front of India CFI All India Imams Council AIIC National Confederation of Human Rights Organization NCHRO National Womens Front Junior Front Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation Kerala as an unlawful associationAs per the notification the Central government declared PFI and its associates or affiliates or the fronts as unlawful organisations in the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection 1 of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 37 of 1967 and banned the organisations under section 4 of the UAPAEarlier on September 26 the Karnataka unit of the Social Democratic Party of India SDPI a political wing of the Popular Front of India condemned the raids conducted by the National Investigation Agency against its members and asked why the central agency had not yet conducted raids on the RSS and its affiliated organizations for acts of communal hatredThe NIA had arrested over 106 members of the PFI during its largestever raids spread across 15 states on September 22This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever